Overdraw check-loop for bridles.



MELANOTHON E.- ZELLER, OF GILBOA,OHIO.

OVERDRAW CHECK-LOOP FOR BRIDLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

Application filed October 23, 1907. Serial N 0. 398,786.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MELANOTHON E. ZEL- LER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Gilboa, in the county of Putnam and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Overdraw Check-Loops for Bridles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to harness bridles, and particularly to overdrawcheck loops which are carried by the crown strap.

It has for its objects to simplify the construction of these loops andtheir connection to the crown strap, to render the connection of theoverdraw check rein with said loops more easy and to strengthen thecentral por tion of said crown strap.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinationsof parts here inafter described and specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred embodiment of myinvention: Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the middle part of acrown strap carrying a pair of my improved loops, and a portion of theoverdraw check rein engaged with said loops. Fig. 2 is a centrallongitudinal section through the crown strap showing the loops inelevation. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of one of said loops.Fig. 3 is an under plan view of one of said loops drawn to the samescale as that illustrated in Fig. 3, and Fig. 4 shows the crown strapbowed to permit the insertion of the overdraw check rein into the loop.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 designates the crown strapof a bridle. To the upper face of said strap and at the middle thereofis secured, preferably by stitching, a strip of leather 2, whichtogether with said crown strap constitutes the crown piece. Said stripis provided with perforations 3 at equal distances from the centerthereof as shown and through each perforation extends the shank of oneof the overdraw check loops 4. Each. of said loops comprises an integralmetal piece formed with a plate portion 5, a shank portion 6 extendingsubstantially at right angles to said plate, and a bent hookshapedportion 7 constituting the loop proper. The plate portion 5 is arrangedbetween the crown strap land the superimposed strip 2 and is bent orcurved, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, to conform to the curvature of saidcrown strap. Said plate portions of said loops also, serve to strengthenthe central portion of the crown piece. The shank portion 6 of each loopextends through one of the perforations 3 in said strip 2, while the hoo-shaped portion 7 curves above said strip and down with its end incontact therewith forming the loop through which the overdraw check rein'8 is passed.

It will be noted that the plate portion of each loop is extended on theside of the shank away from the hooked portion to strengthen the crownstrap but that said plate extends only a short distance on the otherside of said shank or below said hooked portion. The purpose of this isto permit the crown strap to be bowed, as illustrated in Fig. 4, topermit the check rein to be inserted into the loop below the end of saidhooked portion. This form of loop adapted to have the check reininserted as shown and described is particularly applicable when thecheck rein is made of an integral split strap as shown. Such form ofcheck rein could not be inserted in the ordinary loop which has bothends fastened to the crown strap.

I claim:

1. The combination, with the crown strap of a bridle, of a strip ofleather fastened to the outer face of said strap and having aperforation therein, an overdraw check loop comprising a plate portionarranged between said crown strap and strip, a shank portion extendingthrough the perforation in said strip, and a hooked portion bent down atits free end and normally resting upon said crown piece, said plateportion of said loop extending from said shank on the side away fromsaid hook far enough to hold the loop in proper position without anydirect connection between said plate portion and said strip or strap.

. 2. The combination, with the crown strap of a bridle, of a strip ofleather, fastened to the outer face of said strap and having aperforation therein, an overdraw check loop comprising a plate portionarranged between said crown strap and strip, a shank portion extendingthrough the perforation in said strip, and a hooked portion bent down atits free end and normally resting upon said crown piece, said plateportion of said loop in testimony whereof, I afiiX my signa-- extendingpartially below the hooked porture, in presence of two witnesses.- tionthereof and on the side away from said hook far enough to hold the loopin proper MELANCTHON ZELLER' 5 position without any direct connectionbe- Witnesses:

tween said plate portion and said strip or ELIZA STATELER,

strap. J. D. RHODES.

